UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, and Centura Health, Colorado’s largest health care provider, announced the initial pilot locations for the Connected Care program in Colorado, giving patients in these rural locations expanded access to physicians and specialists using advanced telehealth technology. The Colorado program is among the first in UnitedHealthcare’s work to build a national telehealth network. Connected Care links patients with physicians and medical specialists located hundreds of miles away, using advanced audio and video technologies and health resources to create an experience remarkably similar to an in-person doctor visit. Starting in early 2010, Connected Care clinics will be

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